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Covered with night : a story of murder and indigenous justice in early America / Nicole Eustace.

Eustace, Nicole, (author.).

Summary:
"An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent. Frantic efforts to resolve the case created a contest between Native American forms of justice, centered on community, forgiveness, and reparations, and an ideology of harsh reprisal, based on British law, that called for the killers' execution. In a stunning narrative history based on painstaking original research, acclaimed historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath, taking us into the worlds of Euro-Americans and Indigenous peoples in this formative period. A feat of reclamation evoking Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale and Alan Taylor's William Cooper's Town, Eustace's utterly absorbing account provides a new understanding of Indigenous forms of justice, with lessons for our era"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781631495878
  • ISBN: 1631495879
  • Physical Description: xiv, 447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
Subject: Murder > United States > History > 18th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > History > 18th century.
Homicide investigation > United States > History > 18th century.
Genre: True crime stories.

Available copies

  • 16 of 18 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 1 current hold with 18 total copies.
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Cambria County Library 364.1523 E915c (Text) 85131001769646 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 364.1523 EUSTACE (Text) 50688010793371 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library 364.152 EUS (Text) 30183000955508 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library 364.1523 EUST (Text)
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Emmaus Public Library YA 364.152 EUST (Text) 36446002044132 Young Adult Nonfiction Available -
Gallitzin Public Library 364.152 EUS (Text) 31814300662597 GALM Non-Fiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) 364.1523 EUS (Text) 91079864 GFWM Main Room Available -
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) 364.1523 EUSTACE (Text) 35740635720881 Nonfiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 364.152 Eustace History (Text) 39427103653838 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
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